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text: Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) "was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories." He was a frequent correspondent with Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.

       [[http://www.eldritchdark.com|Eldritch Dark]] by Boyd Pearson hosts an extensive on-line collection of Smith's works. Short stories linked below are all hosted on Eldritch Dark.

       Smith wrote several series of fantasy/horror short stories that may provide inspiration for role-playing games or MUDs.


       The Hyperborean Cycle and the Zothique Cycle are two series of horror/fantasy short stories by Clark Ashton Smith. Hyperborea is a legendary continent of prehistoric times. Zothique is the last inhabited continent in Earth's distant future.

       == Averoigne Cycle

       == Hyperborean Cycle

       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/208/the-tale-of-satampra-zeiros|The Tale of Satampra Zeiros]]" (1931)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/210/the-testament-of-athammaus|The Testament of Athammaus]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/243/the-weird-of-avoosl-wuthoqquan|The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/50/the-door-to-saturn|The Door to Saturn]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/92/the-house-of-haon-dor-%28fragment%29|The House of Haon-Dor]]" (1933) [story fragment]
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/96/the-ice-demon|The Ice-Demon]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/224/ubbo-sathla|Ubbo-Sathla]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/192/the-seven-geases|The Seven Geases]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/245/the-white-sybil|The White Sybil]]" (1935)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/28/the-coming-of-the-white-worm|The Coming of the White Worm]]" (1941)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/215/the-theft-of-the-thirty-nine-girdles|The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles]]" (1958)

       == Poseidonis Cycle

       Poseidonis is an imaginary prehistoric island remnant of the sunken continent Atlantis.

       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/34/atlantis|Atlantis]]" (poem, 1912)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/112/the-last-incantation|The Last Incantation]]" (1930)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/237/a-voyage-to-sfanomo%C3%AB|A Voyage to Sfanomoë]]" (1931)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/53/the-double-shadow|The Double Shadow]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/234/a-vintage-from-atlantis|A Vintage from Atlantis]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/39/the-death-of-malygris|The Death of Malygris]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/604/tolometh|Tolometh]]" (poem, 1958)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/prose-poetry-plays/32/the-muse-of-atlantis|The Muse of Atlantis]]" (prose poem, 1973)


       == Zothique Cycle

       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/61/the-empire-of-the-necromancers|Empire of the Necromancers]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/108/the-isle-of-the-torturers|The Isle of the Torturers]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/22/the-charnel-god|The Charnel God]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/212/the-dark-eidolon|The Dark Eidolon]]" (1935)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/238/the-voyage-of-king-euvoran|The Voyage of King Euvoran]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/241/the-weaver-in-the-vault|The Weaver in the Vault]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/220/the-tomb-spawn|The Tomb Spawn]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/248/the-witchcraft-of-ulua|The Witchcraft of Ulua]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/250/xeethra|Xeethra]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/111/the-last-hieroglyph|The Last Hieroglyph]]" (1935)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/151/necromancy-in-naat|Necromancy in Naat]]" (1936)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/15/the-black-abbot-of-puthuum|The Black Abbot of Puthuum]]" (1936)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/38/the-death-of-ilalotha|The Death of Ilalotha]]" (1937)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/76/the-garden-of-adompha|The Garden of Adompha]]" (1938)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/128/the-master-of-the-crabs|The Master of the Crabs]]" (1948)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/142/morthylla|Morthylla]]" (1953)

       == Sources

       * "Clark Ashton Smith". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified June 17, 2015. Accessed June 30, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith>.
       * "Hyperborean cycle". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Oct. 9, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborean_cycle>.
       * "Poseidonis". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Feb. 19, 2015. Accessed June 30, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidonis>.
       * "Zothique". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified June 20, 2015. Accessed June 29, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zothique>.




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